Window.



S. E. OIBULAS.

WINDOW. APPLICATION IILED 21:13.23, 1910.

' Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

WITNESSES:

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY rm: Nomns Purina ca. wunmamu. 0. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN E. CIBULAS, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE G.DROUVE COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

' Application filed February 23, 1910. Serial No. 545,317.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHENE. (knows, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, haveinvented an Improvement in Windows, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to provide simple and inexpensivemetal windows which shall be constructed from ordinary stock angle andtee irons, shall be adapted for use in walls and saw tooth and otherroofs and may be either fixed or movable,

which shall be adapted for attachment to standard buildings asordinarily constructed without the punching of special holes in settingup, shall be so constructed that any number of sections may beconveniently united to form one continuous window or skylight, whichshall be water and weather proof and shall be so constructed that whenused in swinging windows and skylights danger of freezing closed shallbe eliminated, the point of contact in the closed position being soreduced that even should moisture collect and freeze the window may bereadily detached by any ordinary operating device.

iVith these and other objects in view I have devised the novel windowwhich I will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawing forminga part of this specification and using reference characters to indicatethe several parts.

Figure 1 is a vertical section illustrating the application of myinvention to an ordinary saw-tooth roof, so called; Fig. 2 a detail planView, parts being in section; Fig. 3 a detail section on the line 33 inFig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows, showing the ordinaryjoint between the panes of glass in a section; Fig. 4 a detail sectionon the line.44: in Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows showingthe joint between two sections of my novel window sash; and Fig. 5 is anelevation partly broken away as seen from the left in Fig. 1.

For the purposes of this specification the illustration of a singleapplication of the invention is deemed quite sufficient.

1O denotes trusses, 11 roof trusses, any required number of which may beused, 12 roof timbers, 13 roof planking, 14L roofing, 15 a peakflashing, 16 curbing, 17 a lower flashing, 18 a weather strip and 19 anupper flashing. The essential feature of the frame is a continuous angleiron indicated by 20 which is rigidly secured to trusses 10 by means ofbolts 21, spacing plates 22 being interposed between the trusses and theangle 1ron.

23 denotes wooden strips secured to the angle iron and to which theupper flashing is secured.

My novel window is constructed in sections which may be of any desiredsize and any number of sections may be secured together to form onecontinuous window or skylight. Each section comprises an upper angleiron 24, end angle irons 25, intermediate tee irons 2G, and a lower teeiron 27.

28 denotes panes of glass each of which rests upon the upper angle iron24, upon two intermediate tee irons 26 or upon one intermediate tee ironand one end angle iron 25 and upon the lower tee iron 27. The outer wingof the lower tee iron, indicated specifically by 29, serves as the lowerrest and support of the panes of glass, the inner wing'of the lower teeiron, indicated specifically by 30, resting against trusses 10 andserving as a support for the window in the closed position. The panes oflass are secured in place by cross pins 31 and by putty 32 placed at theback, front and edges of each pane, as clearly shown in Fig. As alreadystated, any number of panes of glass may be placed in each section andany number of sections may be joined together to form a continuouswindow or skylight by means of bolts 33 passing through the outer wingsof two end angle irons 25 as clearly shown in Fig. 4'. The sections ofthe window swing upon hinge members denoted respectively by 3 1 and 35.Hinge members 34 are rigidly bolted to the upper angle irons 24L of thesections as at 36, and upper hinge members 35 are rigidly bolted to theshanks of hooks 37 as at 38. The upper ends of hinge members 35 arepreferably provided with angle pieces 39 which abut against the underside of continuous angle iron 20 and prevent the possibility of upwardmovement of the window when attached. Hooks 37 engage continuous angleiron 20 and are shown as locked thereto by meansof set screws 40. Theshanks of the hooks lie between wooden strips 28 and between spacingplates 22.

My novel window is made water and weather-proof by means of upperflashing 19 and weather .strip 18. The lower end of the upper flashingextends downward past upper angle irons 24 and has its edge bent inwardto meet angle irons 25 and tee lrons 26 and is preferably bent upwardand over upon itself to give rigidity and strength as at 42. The lowerend of weather strip 18 extends downward over the top of the curbing towhich it is secured by screws 43 and over the upper edge of the lowerflashing as at 4ft. The upper edge of the weather strip lies 1n contactwith trusses 10 and extends upward past the inner wings 30 of lowerteeirons 27, the upper edge thereof being curved over and downward andoutward as at 4:5 to form a water-shed for any moisture that maycondense upon the inner side of the glass and drop down. It will benoted that the only point of contact of the window in the closedposition is between the inner wings 30 of lower tee irons 27 and theweather strip which overlies trusses 10. This point or line of contactis so reduced that even should moisture accumulate there and freeze the7 window may be readily detached by means of an operating deviceindicated as a whole by 46. As the special style of operating deviceused is wholly immaterial so far as the present invention is concerned,no description of an operating device is thought to be necessary.

In putting up my novel window, continuous angle iron 20 is first rigidlysecured to trusses 10, being properly spaced therefrom as alreadyexplained. The hooks 37 are then placed over the continuous angle ironand the hinge members, connected together, are rigidly secured to theupper angle irons of the window. Members 35 of the hinges are thenbolted to the hooks and the hooks are locked to the continuous angleiron by means of the set screws. It will be noted that this mode ofconstruction enables me to provide standard parts which may be used inany building and do not require special fittings to adapt them todifferent buildings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: Y

1. The combination with a window section having an upper angle iron, ofa continuous angle iron, hooks detachably secured to said continuousangle iron, and hinged members secured respectively to said 1100(3 andto the upper angle iron of the window section, said window section beingprovided with a projection to support the same when closed.

2. The combination with a window section having an upper angle iron, ofa con tinuous angle iron, hooks detachably secured to said continuousangle iron, and hinge members secured respectively to said hooks and tothe upper angle lron of the window section, said window section beingprovided 3. The combination with a window formed of a plurality ofsections, an upper angle iron, and a lower angle iron, of a continuousangle iron, hooks detachably secured to said continuous angle iron, andhinge members securedrespectively to said hooks and tothe upper angleiron of the window section, one wing of said lower angle iron serving tosupport the lower end of thewindow when the latter is closed.

4:. The combination with a window hav-- ing an upper angle iron, and acontinuous angle iron, of hooks detachably secured to the continuousangle iron and hinge members secured respectively to the hooks and tothe upper angle iron of the window.

5. The combination with a window having an upper angle iron, acontinuous angle iron and hooks detachably secured thereto, of hingemembers secured to the upper angle iron of the window and other hingemembers connected thereto and to the hooks and having angle piecesengaging the continuous angle iron. v

6. The combination with a window having an upper angle iron, acontinuous angle iron, hooks engaging the continuous angle iron, and setscrews in the hooks whereby they are locked in place, of hinge memberssecured to the upper angle iron of the window and other hinge membersconnected thereto and to the hooks and having angle pieces engaging thecontinuous angle iron.

7 The combination with window supporting trusses, a continuous angleiron secured thereto, and spacing plates between the trusses and theangle irons, of window supporting means detachably secured to said angleiron, and a window suspended from said supporting means.

8. The combination with window supporting trusses, a continuous angleiron secured thereto and wooden strips secured to the angle irons, awindow supporting means detachably engaging said angle iron, a windowsupported by sald supportlng means,

and a flashing secured to the window strips and having its lower edge.bent inward toward said window.

In testimony whereof I attix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN E. CIBULAS. Witnesses A. M. Woosrnn, S. W. ATHERTON.

